Facebook Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer (SPMD) Offers an Inside Look at the State of Advertising for Its Clients on the Social Network, and an Outlook for 2014 as It Relates to Simplification of Ad Products, Mobile, and Video

In this latest quarterly report, Spruce Media provides statistical and trend analysis of client data across key performance metrics, including cost per thousand impressions (CPM), click-through rates (CTR), and cost per clicks (CPC) across Facebook's mobile and desktop inventory. In addition, Spruce offers a look at how much its advertisers are paying for mobile app installs, Page likes, and engagements. The report also takes a look ahead at 2014, and offers perspective on the social network's ad products, mobile, and video advertising opportunities and potential areas for growth in the coming year.

Q3 2013 represented the second consecutive quarter that Facebook has mainly been focused on simplifying its ad product line-up. To this end, Spruce Media compared its clients Q2 data with its clients Q3 data and found:

In Q3, 51% of advertiser spend was allocated to Facebook Mobile (up from 38% in Q2).

Outlook for Q4 2013 and Beyond

Simplification of Ad products

Social network's renewed focused on simplifying its ad offering is paying off

We expect CPCs to normalize in Q4, and over time we expect Facebook users to grow accustomed to the new ad formats

Mobile

The two mobile ad releases recently launched this month will result in advertisers increasing their spend on mobile ads, thus increasing Facebook's share of the overall mobile advertising market

Video Ads

New video based Mobile App Install ads should help grow mobile app install revenue. Recent changes to auto-pay user generated videos may indicate that new video ad formats may be on the way soon.

Instagram

Facebook announced in October that it will finally begin rolling out ads to select brands on Instagram. Don't expect any immediate impact in Q4 financials though. Facebook has a history of rolling out new advertising slowly to ensure a good user experience. 2014 could see hundreds of millions of revenue from Instagram alone.

Spruce Media is a leading provider of enterprise-class social marketing technology for the most successful advertisers, agencies, and trading desks on Facebook and is one of 14 Facebook strategic Preferred Marketing Developers. With over 400 billion impressions managed through its software, Spruce is the technology and service of choice for many of the largest advertisers on Facebook. For more information visit: www.sprucemedia.com.